None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances or phrasing require it to be one or the other. NONE definition: not one. See examples of none used in a sentence. The meaning of NONE is not any. How to use none in a sentence. No and none of are determiners. None is a pronoun. No, none and none of indicate negation. … I will have none of that kind of talk in my house. The group petitioned to have the votes counted again, but the government would have none of that. They begged their mother to take them out for ice cream, but she was having none of it. None of something means not even a small amount of it. None of a group of people or things means not even one of them. You only use none of or none to talk about a group of three or more things or people. If you want to talk about two things or people, you use neither of or neither. Since none has the meanings not one'' and not any,'' some insist that it always be treated as a singular and be followed by a singular verb: The rescue party searched for survivors, but none was found. No persons or things; not any. Many letters were received but none were answered. Singular or plural verb? • You use none of before a plural noun or pronoun and a singular verb: None of us is able to escape the consequences of our actions. • In informal English, people often use a plural verb after none of: None of us care what happens to him.